The problem I have with Anita's approach is that she seem to think every instance of sexism should be stamped out, even if it works as a device because the story is set in a historical period, etc...
We should be striving for balance, not whitewashing.
Excercise=dangerous situation?
Ratings wise I have to imagine it's a serious no-no for your game to have the potential to kill pregnant women and children. That said, they could program around it by making pregnant women invulnerable and able to fight, but that would lend itself to plenty of weird gameplay incentives too where you would always send them to fight instead of anyone else. And frankly, feminist I may be, but I don't find anything backwards or inherently problematic with prioritizing the safety of pregnant women above others in cases of danger or violence, although the panic state they're induced into is overdone.
The problem I have with Anita's approach is that she seem to think every instance of sexism should be stamped out, even if it works as a device because the story is set in a historical period, etc...
We should be striving for balance, not whitewashing.
Yep
depiction =/= promotion
She does not understand this idea at all.
You know, there was a pregnant woman doing her best to fight back Joe in mad max. Nothing too physical tho.
Too bad she thought that movie was also problematic.
So Bethesda made the design decision to not allow pregnant woman to die to raiders, etc., thus making them immortal and forcing the AI to remove them from dangerous situations as being immortal would be game breaking and they are penalized in the eyes of some for it?
If they allowed them to die, then people would be condemning this as a baby killing simulator.. Damned if you do, damned if you don't...
I honestly don't understand why people who don't like her can't just, you know, ignore her. It's the best way to make her go away if that's your goal. Engaging her is just adding fuel to the fire.
She's not wrong. The fact that the pregnant women won't help in emergencies rubbed me the wrong way, too.
I used to find myself agreeing with her, but, lately it's just a non-stop preachy barrage from her twitter account. I don't even know what she wants from games anymore.
The problem I have with Anita's approach is that she seem to think every instance of sexism should be stamped out, even if it works as a device because the story is set in a historical period, etc...
We should be striving for balance, not whitewashing.
Is that actually her twitting?
Not sure if this is Anita. It's the Feminist Frequency twitter account, so it could be Jonathan McIntosh who is a legitimate nutjob. Anita is typically much more rational and measured in her criticism.
Well that's kind of the thing, isn't it? I mean, I don't disagree that she goes overboard sometimes specifically in that way, but I also see a hell of a lot of people justifying kind of awful or just regressive shit because its "historically accurate" or whatever without regard for the actual, interesting larger conversation about the tone and framing around both individual elements and a piece as a whole. Just because something is "historically accurate" (it probably isn't) doesn't mean that it necessarily "works"
She doesn't but like...neither does anyone else. I see people arguing that depiction is not endorsement in cases where the text and the tone are actually indicating a pretty strong endorsement all the time
Doesn't the Fallout series satirise the culture, politics and tropes of the 1950s pretty heavily? This seems like it.
Its getting to the point everything on the Internet is getting to. Non stop complaining about everything.
People don't realize it now, but the call to censorship is going to lead to safer and safer products, with less originality, and just an endless stream of "samey" products. But then again maybe that's what people want?
But the call for censorship needs to be looked at closely. Its a dangerous road to go down.
Ratings wise I have to imagine it's a serious no-no for your game to have the potential to kill pregnant women and children. That said, they could program around it by making pregnant women invulnerable and able to fight, but that would lend itself to plenty of weird gameplay incentives too where you would always send them to fight instead of anyone else. And frankly, feminist I may be, but I don't find anything backwards or inherently problematic with prioritizing the safety of pregnant women above others in cases of danger or violence, although the panic state they're induced into is really overdone, there's nothing wrong with having them calmly exit.
She's not wrong. The fact that the pregnant women won't help in emergencies rubbed me the wrong way, too.
I honestly don't understand why people who don't like her can't just, you know, ignore her. It's the best way to make her go away if that's your goal. Engaging her is just adding fuel to the fire.
Haven't played Fallout Shelter, but is she correct in saying that the primary path to progression is to turn women into baby farms? I really hope that's not the case.
Yea, because that's totally what she's arguing for.....
Yea, I'm with you.
Why do people try and push real life ideals and values into works of fiction? Just stop.
Yet she wants pregnant women to blow up mutants in fallout shelter? OK....
Doesn't the Fallout series satirise the culture, politics and tropes of the 1950s pretty heavily? This seems like it.
Doesn't the Fallout series satirise the culture, politics and tropes of the 1950s pretty heavily? This seems like it.
Today we are looking at specific mechanics without any context.
This isn't censorship, or even a call to censorship, this is criticism. Show me which tweet says that the game should be removed?